as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country a report on the arctic tundra of Alaska and the polar bears that inhabit that vast, frozen plain

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Recent Examples of tundra Some are remote — at sea, on mountaintops, out on the tundra — and some are near or in cities. Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 Operators such as Frontiers North Adventures will take you on a tundra buggy tour to glimpse the Arctic’s most majestic predators. Gaby Keiderling, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025 Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love was the talk of the tundra after a scintillating second half in 2023, and expectations were through the roof for the former first-round pick heading into 2024 as a result. Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 The idea of Matos actually sustaining his hot streak is more than a baseball acorn to dig out of the winter tundra. Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tundra
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Noun
  • In the 1980s, Nolin and Mutter helped coordinate the restoration of a natural prairie ecosystem at the site.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
  • One way to pair the two experiences is a ride on the Grand Canyon Railway, where travelers can see high desert, prairie and pine forest landscapes on a 4½ hour round-trip train ride that starts in the Route 66 town of Williams and stops at the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On the Kazakh steppe, centuries of nomadic tradition shaped a culture rooted in hospitality and community.
    Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • From the frozen Arctic to the windswept Mongolian steppe, necessity and environment shaped diets that leaned heavily — sometimes almost entirely — on meat.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Iconic species like cheetahs, leopards and the black rhino are found in the plains and forests of Tanzania.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Aquifers collapsed, fertile plains subsided, and deserts spread.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Rocking Star Adventures has four different tours that soar over the glaciers, mountains, and grasslands that form the park.
    Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For those who want a more challenging workout, there is a loop trail to the west on the other side of South Valley Road called Grazing Elk, located on a relatively flat, elevated grassland that offers great views of the rock formations to the east.
    John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One likes to imagine Paleo Dad loping across the savannah in hot pursuit of a wooly mammoth.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Located right outside of town in neighboring Moss Point, the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve offers 18,000 acres of pine savannas, salt marshes, bays, bayous, and salt pannes to explore.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Tundra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tundra. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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